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Magento Open SourcePrestaShop
Free

Free and open source; Adobe Commerce is the separate paid edition.

 Free

Free and open source under the OSL-3.0; paid modules, themes and support are available.

Web, Self-hosted Self-hosted
  • Widely used platform with a large contributor community
  • Active development and regular releases
  • Full ownership of the store and its data
  • Thousands of modules and themes
  • Offers basic features compared with the paid Adobe Commerce edition
  • Official website focuses on the commercial product
  • Needs a PHP and MySQL server to host
  • Larger stores rely on third-party modules for many features
Self-hosted Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License: OSL-3.0 License: OSL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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